The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-05-12
The ALInneapOIIs 1919 ~.

The Minneapolis Messenger says
A painful rumor reaches us thai
Mrs. r. ID. MObley, Of Grand Forks
Colorado, formerly Of this city, IL in
sane.
Mr.. and Mrs. MObley have many
Salina friends who will be panied "a
Of this sad news.
The demands for q new opera house
were fully as pressing As ever the
night Of the Kate CastletOn enter
tainment. There WAS a large crowd
and the air was sitting. People
were suffering from the close air, aud
plainly showed Il in their eOunten-
anees.
Bridge Post, g. A. r., have made
arrangements to observe Decoration
day In their usual successful man
ner. The exercises will be held In
Commissioner Miller's grove, ON
Gypsum creek. Rev. @. w. Casely,
Of SOlOmsn City, has been invited 10
deliver the grafton.
Mr.. Sam'l. Anderson, Of Mar
quette, WAS married last "Wednesday
TO Miss Hllda Samquist, Of MePher-
son. They were married I'm the
Swedish Lutheran church at Me
PhersOn, the brides father perform
ing the ceremony before a large
number Of invited guests.
Mr.. DanI Boone, whose serious
illness we referred TO died atthe resi-
denee Of his sister, Mrs. II. $.
Taggart, Friday morning. His
remains were taken to AtehisOn ON
the noon train yesterday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Taggart accompanying them.
The track ON the Rock Island road
is laid 10 HeringtOn, and the super
iRtendent Of construction informed
a representative Of this paper, that
they would be In Salina by the mid
die Of July. They commence grad
ing this side Of Harrington the first
OF this week.
The town Of HoisingtOn, on the
Missouri Pacific, on and after Sunday
assumed the name Of MOnOn.
The change Is made for the reason
that the names Of Harrington and
HOislngtOn get mixed up in tele-
graphic orders aud messages, and TO !
avoid confusion the change Is made. |
Complaint Ia made against those
who engage In shooting at the park.
Since the opening Of KenwOOd there
are many strOllers In that territory
especially children. Shot often fall
into KenWOOd aud the loss Of an eye |
or more serious damage may be the
result, II the matter is not corrected. |
A Parsons special to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat contains the follow
ing:
r. X. Jefries, OF Salina, who
bought a corner lot on Johnson /
avenue one week ago for $500, sold
Il to q Denver, Colo, man last night /
for SO, 200. Jaffries Immediately in |
vested the proceeds I'm five acres of /
ground one mile from Central and
johnson avenues.
Mr.. Joseph WOlseiffeF, in company |
with his father and mother, returned i
to Salina from Pennsylvania Fri
day morning. Mr.. WOlseiffer has
been absent about two weeks, and /
attended the funeral Of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. CHINA KirkwOOd, while
there His parents will make this
their future home.
Quite an excitement was created
Tuesday about four miles south Of
town, by the report that'a human
body had been discovered in the
water Several, upon hearing the
news, collected at the waters edge to
crafty their curiosity; but ON a
more thorough examination 1t was
discovered to be nothing more or
less than "dead horse"
John A. Zehring shipped 5000
pounds Of wool to Kansas Clty-the
first shipment OF the season, and
much earlier than the usual ship
meats. Smith, Biggs & Co., with
whom Mr.. Zehring deals, write that
they expect him to ship to them
SOO,OOO pounds this season, and those
who have wool for sale should make
a note Of this.